Ueno Station Explained


Ueno Station
Native Name:上野駅
Native Name Lang:ja
Address:7 Ueno (JR Station)
3 Higashi-Ueno (Tokyo Metro)
Taitō, Tokyo
Country:Japan
Map Type:Japan Tokyo city#Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Tokyo#Japan
Map Dot Label:Ueno Station
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is a major railway station in Tokyo's Taitō ward. It is the station used to reach the Ueno district and Ueno Park—which contains Tokyo National Museum, The National Museum of Western Art, Ueno Zoo, Tokyo University of the Arts and other famous cultural facilities. A major commuter hub, it is also the traditional terminus for long-distance trains from northern Japan, although with the extension of the Shinkansen lines to Tokyo Station this role has diminished in recent years. A similar extension of conventional lines extended Takasaki Line, Utsunomiya Line and Jōban Line services to Tokyo Station via the Ueno-Tokyo Line in March 2015, using existing little-used tracks and a new viaduct; the Ueno-Tokyo Line connects these lines with the Tōkaidō Main Line, allowing through services to Shinagawa, Yokohama, Odawara and Atami stations.[1]

Ueno Station is close to Keisei Ueno Station, the Tokyo terminus of the Keisei Main Line to Narita Airport Station.

Lines

This station is served by the following lines:

As this station was the traditional point of arrival and departure for journeys to northern Japan, it became the inspiration for many poems and song lyrics, including a famous poem by Ishikawa Takuboku. There is a memorial plate about this poem in the station.

Station layout

Like most major stations in Japan, Ueno Station contains and is surrounded by extensive shopping arcades. The station contains a branch of the Hard Rock Cafe.

JR East platforms

The station has two main levels of tracks and underground platforms for the Tōhoku Shinkansen tracks. Through tracks 1 to 4 on two island platforms on the main level are used by Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line trains. Tracks 5 to 9 on two island platforms and one side of a terminal platform lead to the Ueno-Tokyo Line to Tokyo Station and beyond on the Tōkaidō Main Line. Tracks 10 to 12 terminate inside the building, and below these on a lower deck are further terminal tracks 13 to 17 (Track No.18 has been removed). Two subterranean island platforms serve Shinkansen tracks 19 to 22.

Chest-high platform edge doors were installed on the two Yamanote Line platforms (2 and 3) in November 2015, and brought into use from December.[2]

Tokyo Metro platforms

Both the Ginza and Hibiya line station have two tracks; however, unlike in other Tokyo Metro stations, each line's tracks are counted separately.

History

Ueno Station opened on 28 July 1883. After the destruction of the first building in the fires caused by the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, Japanese Government Railways constructed the current station building. In 1927, Tokyo Underground Railway (now Tokyo Metro) opened Japan's first subway line from here to Asakusa Station. Following World War II, the neighbourhood in front of Ueno Station was a major center of black market activity. Today, many people come to the area to visit Ameya-Yokochō.

In March 1985, the Tōhoku Shinkansen was extended south from to Ueno, with the line extended further south to in June 1991.

The station facilities of the Ginza and Hibiya Lines were inherited by Tokyo Metro after the privatization of the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (TRTA) in 2004.[3]

In March 2010, to promote the release of the Cho-Den-O Trilogy of the Kamen Rider movies, a special marking was used on the trains going to Nakano-fujimichō from Ueno, and Den-Os Rina Akiyama greeted 200 fans who rode on the first of those trains.[4] [5]

Station numbering was introduced to the non-Shinkansen JR East platforms in 2016 with Ueno being assigned station numbers JU02 for the Utsunomiya line, JJ01 for the Jōban Line rapid service, JK31 for the Keihin–Tōhoku Line, and JY05 for the Yamanote line. At the same time, JR East assigned the station a three-letter code to its major transfer stations; Ueno was assigned the code "UEN".[6] [7]

TH Liner services on the Hibiya Line between and commenced on 6 June 2020.[8]

In March 2020, the Park Exit (Ueno Park Exit) was moved to the north and the roadway in front of it was changed to a dead end, allowing pedestrians to enter Ueno Park from the station without crossing the roadway.[9]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2013, the JR East station was used by 181,880 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), making it the thirteenth-busiest station operated by JR East.[10] In fiscal 2013, the Tokyo Metro station was used by an average of 211,539 passengers per day (exiting and entering passengers), making it the eighth-busiest station operated by Tokyo Metro.[11]

The daily passenger figures for each operator in previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year JR East Tokyo Metro
1999 195,654[12]
2000 189,388[13]
2005 179,978[14]
2010 172,306[15]
2011 174,832[16] 201,602[17]
2012 183,611[18] 212,509[19]
2013 181,880 211,539

Bus services

Highway buses

See also

In Literature

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://mainichi.jp/feature/news/20131210k0000m040028000c.html. ja:ＪＲ東日本:東京−上野の新線 愛称を「上野東京ライン」. JR East names new line between Tokyo and Ueno "Ueno-Tokyo Line". Mainichi Shimbun. The Mainichi Newspapers. Japan. ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20131209153112/http://mainichi.jp/feature/news/20131210k0000m040028000c.html. 2013-12-09. 9 December 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: http://railf.jp/news/2015/11/16/130000.html . ja: 山手線上野駅に可動式ホーム柵設置. Platform edge doors installed at Yamanote Line Ueno Station. 16 November 2015. Japan Railfan Magazine Online. Koyusha Co., Ltd.. Japan. ja. 16 November 2015.
  3. Web site: 2006-07-08 . 「営団地下鉄」から「東京メトロ」へ . From "Teito Rapid Transit Authority" to "Tokyo Metro" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120516041232/http://www.tokyometro.jp/news/s2004/2004-06.html . 16 May 2012 . 29 May 2022 . Tokyo Metro Online.
  4. Web site: 東京メトロ｜ニュースリリース. 2010-04-10. 2010-04-06.
  5. Web site: 秋山莉奈"仮面ライダー装飾列車"に乗車 - 芸能 - SANSPO.COM. 2010-05-02. 2010-05-11.
  6. Web site: 6 April 2016 . ⾸都圏エリアへ 「駅ナンバリング」を導⼊します . Introduce “station numbering” to the Tokyo metropolitan area . https://web.archive.org/web/20221207004741/https://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2016/20160402.pdf . 7 December 2022 . 7 January 2023 . jreast.co.jp . ja.
  7. Web site: Kusamachi . Yoshikazu . 7 April 2016 . JA・JK・JT・AKB…JR東日本、首都圏で駅ナンバリングなど導入へ . JA, JK, JT, AKB … JR East to introduce station numbering in the Tokyo metropolitan area . https://web.archive.org/web/20220806133507/https://response.jp/article/2016/04/07/273025.html . 6 August 2022 . 7 January 2023 . Response Automotive Media . ja.
  8. 2020年6月6日（土）東武鉄道・東京メトロダイヤ改正 東武線・日比谷線相互直通列車に初の座席指定制列車「THライナー」が誕生! . ja . 東武鉄道／東京地下鉄 . 19 December 2019 . 25 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191219084312/https://www.tobu.co.jp/file/pdf/4353a1a050835f139e2e94adf9cd5dc0/191219_2.pdf?date=20191219123402 . 19 December 2019 . June 6, 2020 (Saturday) Tobu Railway / Tokyo Metro Timetable Revision Tobu Line / Hibiya Line Mutual direct train, the first reserved seat train "TH Liner" is born!.
  9. Web site: https://asakusa.keizai.biz/headline/833/. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101201724/https://asakusa.keizai.biz/headline/833/. ja:JR上野駅公園口の移設工事が完了 駅前から上野公園への歩行者動線も変更. ja. Asakusa Keizai Shimbun. 1 November 2021.
  10. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/index.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2013年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2013). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
  11. Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html. ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング. Station usage ranking . Tokyo Metro . 31 August 2014 . ja.
  12. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/1999.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （1999年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 1999). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
  13. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2000.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2000年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2000). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
  14. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2005.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2005年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2005). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
  15. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2010.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度). Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2010). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
  16. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2011.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2011年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
  17. Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index.html. ja:駅別乗降人員順位表（2011年度1日平均）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2011). Tokyo Metro. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
  18. Web site: http://www.jreast.co.jp/passenger/2012.html. ja:各駅の乗車人員 （2012年度）. Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2012). East Japan Railway Company. Japan. ja. 2 September 2014.
  19. Web site: http://www.tokyometro.jp/corporate/enterprise/passenger_rail/transportation/passengers/index02.html. ja:各駅の乗降人員ランキング (2012年). Station usage ranking (2012). Tokyo Metro . 2 September 2014 . ja.
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  21. Web site: 高速バス 国際興業バス. 5931bus.com. 2016-01-24. ja.
  22. Web site: 時刻表・運賃表 東北急行バス. www.tohoku-express.co.jp. 2016-01-24. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160205091907/http://www.tohoku-express.co.jp/timetable/top.html. 2016-02-05.
  23. Web site: 高速バス長野・松本－東京ディズニーリゾート・成田空港線. www.alpico.co.jp. 2016-01-24.
  24. Web site: デジタル時刻表 ジェイアールバス関東. time.jrbuskanto.co.jp. 2016-01-24. ja.
  25. Web site: ja:奈良～横浜・上野・東京スカイツリータウン前・「東京ディズニーリゾート®」 ｜ 夜行高速バス ｜ 京成バス. http://www.keiseibus.co.jp/kousoku_night/04.html. www.keiseibus.co.jp. 2016-01-24. ja.
  26. Web site: ja:千葉中央バス／高速バス／京都線. http://www.chibachuobus.co.jp/kousoku/kyoto.html. www.chibachuobus.co.jp. 2016-01-24. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160127200857/http://www.chibachuobus.co.jp/kousoku/kyoto.html. 2016-01-27.

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